#1004. Nothing has changed
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Since the gates of Valhalla were opened.
The place where the fiercest battle was taking place was Eurasia, where the three major magics formed the core.
However, even though it was a different continent, it was not peaceful.
The monsters and monsters that poured out of every dungeon first targeted the nearest home of humanity.
Among them, the continent that is fighting a particularly harsh battle is South America.
To be exact, it was Sao Paulo.
The Green Dragon Clan’s defense line had already collapsed when the monsters attacked the Amazon.
Moreover, the other princesses, including Geomhu, also returned to protect their respective territories and the gates of Valhalla.
No matter how many dead spirits were resurrected and added strength, Sao Paulo was at a severe disadvantage.
Nevertheless, there is one reason why Sao Paulo can still endure.
Like an indomitable castle wall.
This is because there was a princess who was directly blocking the countless monsters that were coming.
『Seventy-two species of martial arts, twelve seasons, courage,
seventy-two species of martial arts, ten dragon martial arts,
life and
death, life and death, one thousand flowers, one flower, rain, rain』
.
The moment you open one hand.
Countless flower petals began to fall.
A poison that can instantly kill even the most powerful superhuman, and a weakness that can revive even a patient who is about to pass out.
The rain of petals that contains the two together is a miracle and illusion in itself.
Death to the enemy.
Life for our allies.
The petals, which are both a blessing and a curse for discerning flowers throughout Sao Paulo, are a wonder in themselves.
It was a miracle so incredible that only very few gods who handle miracles could imitate it, and only in holy places.
“…It’s truly terrible.”
But at this moment.
The slender beauty who performed that miracle.
Maia’s complexion was not good.
From the fight against the reincarnation monarch to the Amazon defense battle.
It wasn’t just that her physical strength, the strongest of the seven princesses, had reached its limit due to repeated battles.
It was because of the numerous monsters that relentlessly rushed at me while being rained down with poisonous petals that would have killed me instantly just by touching them.
It was something that could not be helped.
No matter how good the Green Dragon Clan is at dealing with a large number of people, there is a limit to that.
Defeating more than tens or hundreds of self-sufficient monsters was a daunting task even for Maia.
‘Now it’s just a little bit further.’
But even during this.
There was hope for Maia.
Dungeons around the world are collapsing at an alarming rate.
Until now, the number of dungeon gates that had been decreasing by a few per day at most was now collapsing by dozens in real time.
At this rate, it would be an hour at best.
No, all dungeons will close in just a few tens of minutes.
If that happens, the constellations won’t be able to send out minions indefinitely like they do now.
You just have to hold on until then.
That hope was making everyone protecting Sao Paulo, including her, strive beyond their limits.
But….
Wow!
“Ugh!”
“Barbara!”
The green dragon clan that fought together with the heroic spirits.
Maia’s face hardened as she saw her twin sisters, who looked exactly alike, flying away as if they were being hit by the tail of a scorpion-like monster.
And the moment when she spread her wings wide, raised her powerful psionics, and hit the ground.
Quaaaang!
Maia flew away like a fired cannonball and hit the scorpion monster’s head with one foot.
Its power is truly overwhelming.
It was a blow that could crush even an absolute being with the same weight as Mount Tai in one blow, carrying the principles of Cheongeungyeongshinryu to the limit.
Kaang!
But surprisingly.
The scorpion monster is not dead.
Does it have powers specialized for defense, or is it just naturally tough like a scorpion?
Even with its head half broken, it swung its front paws and spewed out a poisonous curse from its tail.
As expected from the curse of an absolute monster, once poisoned, it would be difficult for even a dragon to escape…
Unfortunately, the opponent was bad.
『Seventy-two species of martial arts, ten seasons of the ten seasons,
ten martial arts, ten martial arts,
Arahant
priesthood, 阿羅漢神拳』
Wow!!
The result of taking the poisonous curse with my bare body and slamming my fist into his half-broken head.
Immediately after lightly striking away with one hand the remains of a scorpion that had been torn to pieces by the immense power that exploded inside its thick carapace.
Maia looked back.
“Are you both okay?”
“We are okay.”
“But the damage to the clan is too great.”
“I know.”
Maia said darkly, trying to calm her boiling blood due to using psionics too hastily.
Because she felt it too.
Just like her own body, which had been ruined by repeated fierce battles, Sao Paulo could no longer endure.
Many heroic spirits return from the underworld to fight against monsters.
Even if everyone exerted 120% of their power, there was such a big difference in power between them and the horde of monsters that they could not survive on that alone.
‘…I think it might have been excessive greed.’
If only I had given up on Sao Paulo a long time ago.
And if you evacuated somewhere else.
At least the family could have been saved.
Still, while Maia acknowledged her excessive greed, she did not regret that choice.
As a noble dragon.
Also, as the bride of Limon.
Because the option of giving up her territory and the people she was supposed to protect did not exist for her in the first place.
But…
Arbella and Barbara are covered in blood.
And at the end of looking at the corpses of my family members scattered everywhere with gloomy, sunken green eyes.
Maia opened her mouth softly.
“You two, take the rest of your family and take refuge.”
“Are you telling me to retreat?”
“Anyway, it won’t be of much help unless you’re an expert or higher. It would be better to hold out in Quetzalcoatl’s shelter.”
“Haona….”
“Don’t worry about being attacked while retreating. “I will protect the rear.”
“princess!”
“You can’t do that!”
Barbara and Arbella were in awe.
This is because, as close associates, the two sisters knew Maia better than anyone else.
The horse protects the rear.
Maia plans to evacuate her clan and remain alone to fight until she dies.
“This is an order.”
“I cannot accept such an order!”
“Then I would like to ask you a favor.”
“…!”
“If I lose you here, how can I die to see Kara’s face?”
The two sisters were speechless.
The fact that Maia spoke directly about their mother, whom they had rarely talked about, almost as if it were a taboo.
Above all, her gaze looks at them with a sad light, unlike Maia, who has always been cynical and pessimistic.
It made the two sisters not know what kind of expression to make.
[You have to say it right away.]
“…!”
[It’s not that the princess doesn’t have the decency to see God, it’s that God doesn’t have the decency to see the princess.]
That moment.
Maia and the two sisters froze.
The translucent soul that suddenly appeared in front of them made them take their breath away.
Although she was a little younger than the middle-aged woman she saw in the parallel world, her appearance with a softer smile was something they could not forget.
“mother.”
“…Are you back?”
[Don’t take it for granted. Even if he is already dead, God is the princess’s confidant.]
“….”
[In that sense, you both should be ashamed of yourself as a confidant for even making the princess ask you for a favor.]
Before she was your mother.
As a close associate of the predecessor.
After gently but sternly nagging her, she took her eyes off her two daughters, who had indescribable expressions on their faces, and turned to Maia.
[I’ve told you over and over again since you were young that the problem is that you don’t always take care of yourself and overdo it… but you really haven’t changed.]
“… You’re just the same as before.”
[Because my time has not passed since that day.]
Grinning.
Smiling gently like in the past.
After being silent as he watched the woman who was his close associate and nanny, but ended up dying due to the punishment of Princess Green Dragon, who was unable to control her own toxicity.
Maia asked softly.
“Why did you come now?”
[Of course I was helping the princess.]
“You’re not even going to battle?”
[Honestly, what difference would it make if one person was added to the situation?]
“….”
[But I am a member of the National Assembly before I am a military officer.]
I had doubts.
Even though all the heroic spirits have returned, why is it that only Kara did not show his face?
It was pointless to even think that she might have ignored the call to Valhalla’s gate out of resentment toward him.
Kara said with a generous smile.
[And it so happened that there was a patient here who could turn this situation around just by adding one more person.]
“…!”
[Although all of the previous aides had to cling to him to force him to wake up the unconscious person.]
“…Karra, can you believe it?”
Maia raised her eyebrows.
Because it was only then that I realized who she was talking about and where and what Kara had been doing all this time.
It was that moment.
A battlefield where heroic spirits were tenaciously holding out against the swarming monsters.
In the midst of all this, a small strange event began.
Jerk.
For the first few moments.
No one paid attention to him.
Now, followers of all races are running wild, and even the heroes of a distant golden age have returned in death to fight against them.
Just adding one more person wouldn’t have made much of a difference.
okay.
Everyone thought so.
Slurp.
…Until he drew his sword.
No, until then, I didn’t really care about it.
He swings his sword.
The attacked monster counterattacks.
After a short struggle, he manages to cut off the monster’s head.
Suddenly.
The whole process took place in an extremely ordinary and calm way that no one paid any attention to.
The time it took to deal with the monster was strangely short, but it was possible.
In this melee where even monsters with absolute self-sufficient power were killed by stray magic, it was an ordinary incident that occurred occasionally, although not often.
Pot.
And then again.
If he was lucky, the monster that blocked his path fell after a few more slashes.
But….
Sigh!
Deep.
Kwasik!
[…?!]
Three, five, ten, twenty.
As the same process was repeated over and over again, the monsters had no choice but to realize.
This is by no means a coincidence or luck.
It was only after seeing him defeating his comrades one after another with just a few slashes each time that the monsters realized.
He is at least absolutely self-sufficient.
They never fail even when compared to themselves…. No, he was definitely a superhuman of a higher level than them.
But that’s why.
They didn’t understand.
It is not very powerful.
It’s not incredibly fast either.
It’s not really a mystery.
Nevertheless, why do they fall like a scarecrow without being able to withstand the ordinary and quiet stabbing five times?
Suddenly.
Pot.
Pababat!
Just like that…
never so quickly.
But without stopping even for a moment.
Every time I walk slowly, I cut down all the monsters I encounter with just a few slashes.
As a result, I saw the back of a man who was defeating monsters at an incredible speed and cutting down the army itself.
Kara suddenly opened her mouth.
[Now that I think about it, I didn’t know to ask… What is that person’s name?]
“… You really haven’t changed since then, Kara.”
After a short sigh.
Maia turned her head.
And with eyes full of complex emotions, she softly spoke the man’s name.
“His name is….”
